Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Plicopurpura patula
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Muricoidea
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Plicopurpura
Species
patula
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Purpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Plicopurpura patula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20216. Accessed 5 November 2026.